3 Jealousy hath estranged wives from their husbands and changed the saying of our father Adam, This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. (1CL)
1 Clement 6:3
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Proverbs 6:33–35
33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. 34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Sirach 26:5–7
5 Of three things my heart was afraid, and concerning the fourth kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation. All these are more grievous than death. (WEB) 6 A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of anot… (WEB)
Testament of Zebulun 2:23–25
23 To whom taking heed, do ye also, my children, approve yourselves without malice, and love one another; and do not set down in account, each one of you, evil against his brother. (T12) 24 For this breaketh unity and divideth all kindred, and troubleth the soul, and wear… (T12)
Testament of Reuben 2:22–24
22 For constant meetings, even though the ungodly deed be not wrought, are to them an irremediable disease, and to us a destruction of Beliar and an eternal reproach. (T12) 23 For in fornication there is neither understanding nor godliness, and all jealousy dwelleth in th… (T12)
Sirach 9:1–2
1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself. (WEB) 2 Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength. (WEB)
Numbers 5:28–30
28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children. 29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority, 30 or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a…
1 Clement 4:6–8
6 And Cain said unto Abel his brother, Let us go over unto the plain. And it came to pass, while they Were in the plain, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. (1CL) 7 Ye see, brethren, jealousy and envy wrought a brother's murder. (1CL) 8 By reason of jealousy… (1CL)
Ezekiel 16:31–33
31 But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. 32 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! 33 Men give gif…
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